270 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [ETH. Ann. 24 
Cree. Wind River reservation, Wyoming. (Cat. no. 37028, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
String of eight yellow glass beads in two rows, tied in the middle, 
and a string of small white and blue glass beads in two 
rows, one white and one blue, tied in the middle (figure 
344); length, 14 inches. 
These were collected by the writer in 1900 from an Indian of Riel’s 
band, who gave the name as galinshwashkwak, and said they were 
used in the hand game. Four sticks are used as counters. A ring 
and a cartridge are also employed. 
Muskowpetung reserve, Qu’appelle, Assiniboia. (Cat. no. 
61995, Field Columbian Museum.) 
A cartridge shell and a small string of large white and black beads 
used in the hand game. 
These were collected by Mr J. A. Mitchell, who gives the following 
account of the hand game under the name of meecheecheemetowaywin : 
No limit as to numbers or sex of players. The object is so to manipulate one 
ef the two pieces, i. e«., the marked cartridge shell, as to puzzle the player's 
opponent as to the hand in which it is held. Formerly 
an oblong marked stick was used instead of the cartridge 
shell; the shell is now used almost exclusively. 
This is one of the most common Indian gambling 
games, and is valued very highly. The stake usually 
played for is a pony, or sometimes several of them. The 
count is kept by means of ordinary pieces of stick, which 
acd dene tn sane nes, are thrust into the ground as points are won, and added 
Cree Indians, Wyom- 
ing; cat. no. 37028, Free to or subtracted from by each player, according as he 
Museum of Scienceand wins or loses, at each guess. 
Art, University of In playing for a horse, the value of the animal is pre- 
Pennsylvania. E E 
arranged at so many sticks, which are then played for, 
either one at a time, a few at a time, or all at one stake, as the holder of the 
sticks may see fit. Four points usually count for one game. Playing is often 
kept up for days and nights at a time. 
Although the cartridge shell and small string of beads seem of but little value, 
great difficulty is encountered in getting them from the Indians, and then only 
at an exorbitant price, as they have an impression that when they sell a 
game they also part with the right to play that game in the future, unless with 
the consent of the buyer. 
Fig. 344. Beads for hand 
Manitoba. 
Rey. E. A. Watkins, in his Dictionary of the Cree Language,* gives 
the following definitions: 
Michiche ustwatookwuk, they gamble, from michiche, hand, and ustwatoo- 
wuk, they bet, referring to the game of hand. 
Grosventres. Montana. (American Museum of Natural History.) 
Cat. no. 7523. String of eleven brass beads and one red glass bead 
(figure 345a) and another of seven green, one blue, and one red 
and orange glass beads (figure 345), about 14 inches in length, 
¢ London, 1865. 
